Glossary

1. The main hall of an ancient Roman house, containing an opening to the sky (compluvium) through which rainwater falls […]

A federal, state, local, or other regional department, or an individual such as a fire chief, fire marshal, chief of

An asbestos rope, wrapped around a pipe and then clamped in position; used to hold molten lead which is poured

A roofing material manufactured by saturating a dry felt with asphalt and then coating the saturated felt with a harder

A vertical slit for archers in medieval fortification walls, with jambs deeply splayed toward the interior.

Masonry composed of rectangular units of burnt clay or shale, or stone, generally larger in size than brick and properly

A chamber located below the fireplace or firebox for the collection and removal of ashes.

Architecture of the Assyrian empire (centered between the Tigris and Upper and Lower Zab rivers in southwest Asia); was expressive